A mesoporous silica nanosphere-based carrier system with chemically removable CdS nanoparticle caps for stimuli-responsive controlled release of …

…, DM Jeftinija, K Jeftinija, S Xu, S Jeftinija… - Journal of the …, 2003 - ACS Publications
… The embedded block was microtomed to obtain thin sections of 60−80-nm thickness by
using a Reichert Ultracut S ultramicrotome with a diamond knife (Diatome). The floated sections …

Glutamate-mediated astrocyte–neuron signalling

V Parpura, TA Basarsky, F Liu, K Jeftinija, S Jeftinija… - Nature, 1994 - nature.com
NEUROTRANSMITTER released from neurons is known to signal to neighbouring neurons
and glia 1–3 Here we demonstrate an additional signalling pathway in which glutamate is …

A polyamidoamine dendrimer-capped mesoporous silica nanosphere-based gene transfection reagent

…, CY Lai, K Jeftinija, EW Rowe, S Jeftinija… - Journal of the …, 2004 - ACS Publications
We synthesized a MCM-41-type mesoporous silica nanosphere (MSN)-based gene transfection
system, where second generation (G2) polyamidoamines (PAMAMs) were covalently …

Growth hormone secretion: molecular and cellular mechanisms and in vivo approaches

LL Anderson, S Jeftinija… - Experimental Biology and …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
… /or mobilization of intracellular calcium) and/or tyrosine kinase(s) and/or nitric oxide (NO)/cGMP. …
See the impact this article is making through the number of times it’s been read, and the …

Synergistic effects of physical and chemical guidance cues on neurite alignment and outgrowth on biodegradable polymer substrates

C Miller, S Jeftinija, S Mallapragada - Tissue engineering, 2002 - liebertpub.com
This article demonstrates that directional outgrowth of neurites is promoted by applying a
combination of physical and chemical cues to biodegradable polymer substrates. Films of poly-…

Synergistic effects of micropatterned biodegradable conduits and Schwann cells on sciatic nerve regeneration

GE Rutkowski, CA Miller, S Jeftinija… - Journal of neural …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper describes a novel biodegradable conduit that provides a combination of physical,
chemical and biological cues at the cellular level to facilitate peripheral nerve regeneration. …

Micropatterned Schwann cell–seeded biodegradable polymer substrates significantly enhance neurite alignment and outgrowth

C Miller, S Jeftinija, S Mallapragada - Tissue engineering, 2001 - liebertpub.com
… Both neurons and Schwann cells were cultured in a medium consisting of 90% Dulbecco’s
modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM), 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS), 5 mL of gentamicin per mL …

ATP stimulates calcium‐dependent glutamate release from cultured astrocytes

…, J Stevanovic, A Glavaski, S Jeftinija - Journal of …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
… release from cultured Schwann cells (Jeftinija and Jeftinija 1998). This evidence prompted
us to … 2a) ≈ 80 s after the onset of ATP application and was sustained for several minutes. …

Physiology of ghrelin and related peptides

LL Anderson, S Jeftinija, CG Scanes… - Domestic animal …, 2005 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panel LL Anderson a b , S. Jeftinija b , CG Scanes a b , MH …
The GHRH receptor is coupled to a G s protein and its activation stimulates adenylate cylase …

Structure and dynamics of the fusion pores in live GH-secreting cells revealed using atomic force microscopy

SJ Cho, K Jeftinija, A Glavaski, S Jeftinija… - …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Earlier studies in live pancreatic acinar cells identified new cellular structures at the cell
plasma membrane called ‘pits’ and‘ depressions’, where membrane-bound secretory vesicles …